Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ posts daily updates on trial of Angolan journalist
**Updates IFEX alerts of 6 March, 22 February and 13 January 2000, 17 December, 30, 25, 16, 3 and 2 November, 28, 22, 20, 19 and 18 October 1999** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 March 2000 press release: CPJ Posts Daily Updates on Trial of Angolan Journalist Rafael Marques Visit www.cpj.org for latest […]
CPJ condemns on-going persecution of journalist
**Updates IFEX alerts of 22 February and 13 January 2000, 17 December, 30, 25, 16, 3 and 2 November, 28, 22, 20, 19 and 18 October 1999** (CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly condemning the prosecution of free-lance journalist Rafael Marques, whose trial date has been set for 9 March 2000. CPJ believes that the charges […]
Journalist suffered physical and psychological abuse, continues to face criminal charges
In a 1 March 2000 letter to President Vladimir Putin, CPJ stated that it is alarmed by the physical and psychological abuse that veteran Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter Andrei Babitsky has reported suffering at the hands of Russian forces during his detention at Chrernokozovo, a Russian detention camp near Grozny. CPJ also expressed its […]
TV station buyout forced
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is urging Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze to order an investigation into the apparently illegal takeover of the independent television station Telekanal 25 in the Ajarian capital, Batumi. Late on the evening of 19 February 2000, former Batumi mayor and current Georgian parliamentarian Aslan Smirba forced three of Telekanal 25’s four owners to […]
Analysis of Babitsky case on CPJ web site
The following is a 29 February 2000 CPJ press release: CPJ is pleased to announce the Web publication of “Babitsky’s ‘Crime’ and Punishment,” an exclusive analysis of the Andrei Babitsky case by Robert Coalson, a Russian-media expert based in St. Petersburg. Coalson argues that the Putin government’s shameful treatment of Babitsky, who was freed in […]
Photographer feared dead in Chechnya
The following is a 29 February 2000 CPJ press release: RUSSIA: PHOTOGRAPHER FEARED DEAD IN CHECHNYA New York, February 29, 2000 — CPJ is investigating reports that a Russian photographer kidnapped by Chechen rebels has been murdered. ITAR-TASS news agency photographer Vladimir Yatsina, 51, had been missing since July 19, 1999, following his arrival in […]
CPJ protests censorship of Sharif trial news
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is dismayed by Justice Rehmat Hussain Jafri’s decision to censor media coverage of the trial of former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. In an order delivered on 25 February 2000 in response to a petition filed by the prosecution, the judge reportedly said that any statements made by the defendants must be […]
CPJ deeply concerned about abrupt closure of Swazi Observer media group
**Updates IFEX alerts of 24, 21, 18 and 17 February 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned about the abrupt closure, on 17 February 2000, of the state-owned Swazi Observer media group, which includes the daily “Swazi Observer”, the “Weekend Observer”, and the weekly “Intsatseli”. This decision appears to be the latest and most serious […]